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Tributes paid to doctors who “go unsung”

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— PHOTO: M. KARUNAKARAN

SBI CGM J. Chandrasekaran (second from left) hands over the endoscopy equipment to VHS secretary E.S. Krishnamoorthy (second from right) at a function on Friday. Neurosurgeons Ravi Ramamurthi (left) and M.C. Vasudevan are in the picture.

CHENNAI: Sometimes neurologists make “crazy” decisions but they have saved lives many a time, according to senior neurologist Zaheer Ahmed Sayeed.

Speaking on the topic “Tough Calls - Tough Options” at the 15th A. Lakshmipathi Neurological Centre Day oration at Voluntary Health Services (VHS), Taramani here on Friday, Dr. Sayeed presented a dozen cases from his career to neurologists and students of neurosurgery.

Detailing each patient's case history with slides, he said he had opted for “controversial” and unconventional procedures with the sole aim of ensuring that the patient lives with least amount of deficits.

Honorary secretary of VHS Hospital E.S. Krishnamoorthy paid tributes to physicians and neurosurgeons who helped develop the department “into a specialised centre in a community care centre like VHS.”

At the same function, State Bank of India donated an endoscopy equipment. Thanking SBI, Dr. Krishnamoorthy said “An organisation like VHS would not be able to access such high-end equipment without the support of philanthropists.”

Chief General Manager of SBI J. Chandrasekaran, who presented the equipment costing Rs.6.5 lakh, said it was a privilege to be associated with the VHS and doctors who were “working hard but go unsung.”

Senior doctors, including VHS Hospital Medical Superintendent S. Janaki and neurologist Ravi Ramamurthi, participated.

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